News

• 26 May 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - 20 000 baptisms celebrated at Easter in the Catholic community in mainland China Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel" (1 Cor 9: 16), in the spirit of Paul's exhortation, the Catholic community in mainland China reaped the fruits of evangelization at Easter 2014. ...
• 26 May 2014
  VATICAN - Cardinal Filoni in Cameroon, for the centenary of the evangelization of Bamenda, and in Equatorial Guinea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, will carry out a pastoral visit to Cameroon, where he will conclude the celebrations of the cent ...
• 26 May 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Meeting with the candidates: an initiative of the Church for the October elections Chuquisaca (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and the heads of the Social Pastoral-Caritas Bolivia have proposed dialogue meetings with the candidates of the upcoming general elections in October, in order to elaborate togeth ...
• 26 May 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From America to Africa: Missionary Sending at the conclusion of the First American Congress of IAM Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - With the celebration of the Missionary Sending in the auditorium of the Shrine of Aparecida, the First Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (IAM) of America (see Fides 15/05/2014; ...
• 26 May 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea invites a group of North Korean Catholics to the Pope's Mass in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - South Korea has invited members of the Catholic community of North Korea to participate in the Mass that Pope Francis will celebrate in Seoul at the end of his pilgrimage from August 14 to 18: thi ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Elections contested: the only thing certain are the irregularities and suspicions of fraud Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - There is institutional clash in Malawi between outgoing President, Joyce Banda, and the Supreme Court, which quashed the decision of the Head of State to annul the vote on 20 May and to hold ne ...
• 26 May 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Appointment of Apostolic Vicar of Caroni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 26, 2014, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap, Titular Bishop of Sinnuara as Vicar Apostolic of Caroni (Venezuela). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 26/ ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/CHAD - Thousands of displaced children in the Central African Republic left without education N'djamena (Agenzia Fides) - About 40,900 children and thousands of other young people displaced due to the violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) are stranded in transit camps in southern Chad without being able ...
• 26 May 2014
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Christian Churches condemn the death penalty imposed on a Christian woman accused of apostasy Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement, the churches in Sudan deplore the death sentence imposed on Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, accused of apostasy. Fr. Boutros Trille Kuku, D ...
• 26 May 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - After 10 years, President Kirchner takes part in the Te Deum for the national holiday Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, presided yesterday, Sunday 25 May, the celebration of the Eucharist and the Te Deum of thanksgiving in the Metropolitan Cathedra ...
• 23 May 2014
  EUROPE/ITALY – Beatification of Mario Vergara, PIME martyr and Isidoro Ngei Ko Lat, first Burmese Blessed Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 24, 2014, in the Cathedral of Aversa, Father Mario Vergara, missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and his catechist Isidore Ngei Ko Lat will be beati ...
• 23 May 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The First American Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence thenestnjdneatndjenjndjetnjdneatn Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 23, the First Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (IAM), begins and will end on Sunday 25th. The congress will be held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, ...
• 23 May 2014
  ASIA/THAILAND - After the coup, Bishops and religious leaders become mediators between the warring parties Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and other religious leaders of Thailand will play a role and offer their contribution to mediate between the warring factions and find a political solution to the crisis: is what His ...
• 23 May 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "The kidnapping of the girls in Chibok has united the Country", said the Bishop of Sokoto Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The abduction of about 200 students from the school in Chibok, in northern Nigeria, has joined the Country and caused a wave of international solidarity. This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Mathew Ha ...
• 23 May 2014
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 132 children abducted by the LRA have been released Juba (Agenzia Fides) - 132 children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA ) have been released by the Regional Taskforce of the African Union in charge of hunting down the rebel group of Ugandan origin that has be ...